Chapter 7

"That was a good movie." I said, "Yes it was " Adam said. " Ehhh, I've seen better" Aria said to our statement. "Oh please you're just saying that because the main characters didn't end up together." Adam said while rolling his eyes, I laughed and nodded. " Come on you know they should have ended together." Aria said. " No they didn't " Adam argued. While they were arguing , I checked my phone . I saw that it was 10:15 . "Hey guys , I have nearly 45 minutes before my aunt needs me to go home. So what do you want to do? " I asked them.

Aria looked at me then at Adam. " I don't know, there isn't much I want to do now. Any opinions?" Aria asked then looked at Adam. " There is an ice-cream place not too far, it serves the best here ice-cream. Do you want to go ?" Adam asked. Aria nodded and I just shrugged my shoulder. " Okay then , ice-cream is it

While we made our way to Aria's and Adam cars my phone rang. When I looked at the callers Id I saw that it was Alec's mom, Alexa. " Hello mrs. williams , how are you?" I said when I answered the phone. " Hey Claire . I'm doing fine . I just want to know if you are available this weekend . I need you to baby sit Bella " Mrs.Williams said. " Oh sure , what time, though? " I asked. " At nine in the morning until 7 pm . I know it's a long time but I have a long shift at the hosptial and Alec has practice in the morning and has to go to his job later. I can pay 15 dollars an hour? " She said. " Okay that's perfectly fine " I said . " Okay thank you sweetheart " she said. " It's no problem " I replied . " okay see you tomorrow " she said " see you tomorrow" I said . But before I hung up "And it's actually miss Adams " she said then hung up the phone. I felt my cheeks heat up. " What is it ?" Ari asked. " Nothing , Alec's mom knows my aunt . She came over the first I came here. She was looking for a babysitter and I offered." I said. " Oh so you're babysitting tomorrow ?" Adam asked. I nodded . " Okay , but why are you blushing?" Ari asked. " It's nothing. I said while looking at the ground. "Okayyy" Ari said even though she didn't look convinced. " To the ice-ream shop?" Adam asked. " To the ice-cream shop. " Ari said and I nodded.

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"You were right , this is the best ice-cream I tasted in my whole life!" Ari exclaimed. " Told ya " Adam said smugly. Ari rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue at him. Adam just chuckled, "what about you Claire, what do you think?" Adam asked me. " It's good , but the ice-cream I tasted in Spain is the best " I said while licking the ice-cream. Adam scoffed , once he did that Ari pnched his shoulder. I looked at him confused " What is it ? " I asked him . "It's just that we forgot you come from a rich background" Adam said sheepishly . " Oh " I said then got quite ." But it is nothing bad, we know you aren't stuck up." Ari quickly said and Adam nodded furiously . I nodded and continued eating my ice-cream . " Hey Claire, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you feel bad" Adam said softly. " No , it's okay" I said with a smile.

I looked at the time it was 10:45, "Hey guys I need to go home so see ya later? " I said . " You don't want me to give you a ride?" Ari asked. " No my house isn't far and I actually wanna walk . It's a nice night out" I said. "ok then " Ari said. I hugged them both goodbye then left the ice-cream store.

I was walking on the side-walk humming a song my aunt used to sing to me when I was visiting when I was a kid . I suddenly felt cold so I wrapped my jacket tighter around me.

After a couple of minutes I saw three bodies standing and they were looking like they were smoking. I just looked down and walked faster. I walked past them and I was about to release a breath I didn't know before I heard my name called. " Hey Claire " I heard Asher's voice call. I turned around and saw Asher,Caden and Alec all standing there smoking. I walked over to them " Hey guys , again" I said. " What are you doing out here this late? " Caden asked. " Oh umm , after the movie we went out to have ice-cream . I just wanted to walk home cause it is a nice night out. " I answered , they nodded. " Hey Claire , thank you for babysitting Bella tomorrow" Alec told me. " It's no problem " I said with a smile. " Also I'm really sorry if I offended your mom" I said while looking at the floor. " Why? Why would she be offended ?" he asked confused. " She didn't tell you ?" I mumbled . He looked at me confused probably not hearing what I said. I just shook my head" It's nothing " I said. He looked like he wants to press into the matter but he didn't .

" Claire I'm sorry about today, I didn't mean to make Ari cry" Caden said. " Listen Caden I don't know what happened with you two and it isn't my business , okay? " I said . He nodded, " well I have to go see ya later." I said then walked off.

Once I made it home I told my aunt goodnight then went to bed .